Combination Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Esophageal Cancer

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients who have advanced cancer of the esophagus.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00005638

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Starts

1999-10-01

Expected to finish

2004-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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